Film Research #2- Bad Moms

The second film we decided to watch, to get a feel about what occurs in the oping scene of a comedy movie, was Bad Moms. This movie is based on three moms who try to live a perfect life for their kids and family; however, they have gotten sick and tired of being perfect all the time and have reached the tipping point. The genre of the film is a comedy. In the opening of the film, it gives us a brief background of the main character Amy Mitchel, played by Mila Kunis, how her everyday life is running her kids around to getting to work to having metal break downs. Throughout the film, the movie is consist of film making techniques so it flows together. In the beginning it starts off with an aerial shot of the average family homes in a neighborhood to a close up of Amy rushing her kids in her car. During this time the main character Amy is doing a voice over describing her everyday life over shoots of what she does. The camera is probably places on a track to follow the car parallel as it pulls up to school and leaves school. The movie follows Amy through short shots and cuts of what occurs in her everyday life from dropping the kids off, work, Zomba class and crying in her car for a mental break down. Then in cuts to the scene of her walking her kids up to school and actual dialogue has now started. Shot reverse shots occur when the "non-working" moms start to have a conversation with Amy along with some over the shoulder shots. The mise-en-scene technique would be the costumes how they are the everyday life of moms and kids. No credits were shown during the opening scene of the movie. 20 million dollars was the movies budget. 183.9 Billion dollars was made for the movie Bad Moms. The different awards that the movie has been nominated for and/or won were: Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Studio or Independent Feature - Comedy, Best Comedy, and Female Stars of the Year.